Improvement in horse-rakes



b allowed to swing freely on said rod e.

UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE- DAVID G. HUSSEY, OF NANTUGKET, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,965, dated June Q3, 1863.

To all whom it may concerne Be it known that I, DAVID G. HUssEY, of Nantucket, in the county of Nantucket and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Horse Hay-Rake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line xm, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View of the same; Fig. 3, an enlarged longitudinal section of a portion ofthe rake-head, taken in the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a platform, to each side of which a thill, B,is permanently attached, and O is the drivers seat, which is secured on the upper end of an elastic support, D, the latter being attached to the platform A. The thills B B extend a short distance beyond the back end of the platform A sufficiently so to admit of them being attached by clamps a a to axle E ofthe wheels F F, which support the back endof the machine.

I represents a frame, which is composed of two parallel bars, c c, connected by two crossrods, d. The back part of this frame I is fitted on a rod, c, which is placed in pendants fat the back part of the platform A, andlis T e bars c c have each an upright bar, g, attached to them, and these bars c pass up through guides h., which are secured to the outer sides of the thills B B. The bars c are perforated with holes to admit of pins passing through them, and by adjusting these pins in different holes in the bars g the frame I may be retained at a greater or less degree of inclination, as may be desired. (See Fig. 1, in which said frame is shown in two positions, one in black and the other in red.)

In the front part of the frame I there is fitted a tubular shaft, J. This shaft is placed in bearings h h at the front end of the bars c c, and it has two arms, t" fl', attached to it at right angles. These arms t" t" have each a perforated sector, j, at their ends to which rods k are connected by pins l. The back ends of the rods are connected by pins m to arms n n on a shaft, o, in the frame I, said shaft having a lever, K, attached to it, which lever extends up through a slot in the platform A, having a notched plate,p, at one side of it, by which the lever K may be held at .diereut points within the scope of its movement.

To the under side of the tubular shaft J there are attached longitudinally a series ot' small tubes, g, in which rods r are fitted and allowed to turn freely. These rods r have curved wire teeth L attached to them, the form of which ist-shown clearly in Fig. l. It will be seen, by referring to this figure, that the teeth extend over the shaft J, and that by turning said shaft, which may done by operating the lever K, the teeth may be raised and lowered, and the teeth are thus raised in order to discharge their load. In Fig. lthis elevated position of the teeth is indicated in blue outline.

The teeth L may be adjusted-higher or lower by raising or lowering the front end ot' the frame l, as previously described, and by this arrangement of said frame it will be seen that the thills B may be attached to an axle having wheels of greater or less diameter, the adjustmentof the frame I admitting of this. Hence a farmer may use the wheels and axle of any ordinary wagon or agricultural implement. On the front cross-rod, I, ot the frame I there are placed loosely two arms, t t, to thefront ends of which a rod, u, is attached. This rod u extends over the teeth L of the rake-head which are between the thills B B, and said rod u has a treadle-t'rame M attached to it, which extends upward within the reach ot the feet ot the driver, who, b v pressing down the frame M at any time, will cause the rod a to bear upon the teeth L underneath it and hold said teeth down. rlhis arrangement admits of the bunching of the hay in windrows.A The teeth L are allowed to rise. and fall freely, and independently of each other, so that; they may conform to the loosely in tubes q, whichare secured to the inequalities of tmhe ground over which they shaft: or rake-head, substantially as and for pass. the purpose set fort-h.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new,-and desire to secure by ,Letters DAVID G' HUSSEY Patent, is- Witnesses:

The attaching of the teeth L to the shafn or THADDEUS COFFIN, rake-head J by means of the rods rr', fitted CHARLES G. AUSTIN. 

